Interviewer: [W]hat can each individual do to help achieve a more rational society? Ayn Rand: The answer is implied right in your question. He should first of all make himself as rational a human being as possible. He should clarify his own ideas; he should organize his own thinking into a coherent frame of reference; he should eliminate contradictions. He should convince himself of his own basic premises, and then proceed to enlarge his knowledge and share it with others to the extent he can. Objectivism can be a great help to him. But Ive always prefaced such a statement with the admonition that nobody should or can accept Objectivism on blind faith. I suggest to anyone interested in Objectivism that he study it, weigh its basic premises and convince himself by his own critical judgment that it is true. Then he can proceed to spread these ideas further by every means open to him—by private discussions, by sending letters to editors, by writing articles and books, by making speeches and giving lectures, by any means consonant with his own profession. It is actions of this kind that constitute a culture. And if you want to change the culture, it is precisely by individual enlightenment and individual action that you can do so. —Ayn Rand
Posted on: Wed, 04 Jun 2014 23:47:50 +0000
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